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Jill Goldsmith
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		Jill joined Deadline in June 2019 after working as a New York-based contributor. She follows corporate finance, deals and publicly traded companies in media and entertainment, film financing, and New York film and TV production. She was previously contributing editor at Current covering public media, and has worked at Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Dow Jones. She’s reported from New York and Europe and her stories have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Broadcasting & Cable, Adweek, Slate, Reuters and The Art Newspaper.	
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Ari Emanuel’s MARI Acquires IMG’s Arts & Entertainment, Action Sports From Endeavor
		Ari Emanuel's new company Mari is acquiring IMG's Arts & Entertainment and Action Sports events portfolios from Endeavor Group, the latest in a string of announcements since the holding company launched last month.
	Financial terms weren’t disclosed.
	Mari, which is focused on global…	
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‘Baahubali: The Epic’ Draws Crossover Audience As Variance Films Sets ‘RRR’-Style Road Show — Specialty Box Office
		S.S. Rajamouli (RRR) returned to U.S. theaters with Baahubali: The Epic drawing a crossover audience and an estimated $837.3k since midweek on circa 450 screens. Variance Films handled the U.S. release, working with producers Arka Mediaworks and marketing firm Walls & Trends. 
	Prathyangira…	
			
		‘RRR Director S.S. Rajamouli Returns With ‘Baahubali: The Epic’ – Specialty Preview
		Variance Films, the specialty distributor behind the long U.S. tail of S.S. Rajamouli’s Indian crossover sensation RRR, is out with the director's Baahubali: The Epic. This is a 3-hour and 58-minute blended version of Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017) with Rajamouli…	
			
		Netflix Sets 10-For-1 Stock Split To Make High-Flying Shares More Affordable
		Netflix said Thursday that its Board of Directors has approved a 10-for-1 forward stock split of the company’s high-flying common stock that trades at well over 1,000 a share.
	The split will be enacted through an amendment to the giant streamer's Amended and Restated Certificate of…	
			
		Amazon Stock Pops As Q3 Tops Forecasts: AWS Strong, $1.8 Billion In Severance Costs, Shout-Out To ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
		Amazon shares jumped 10% on Thursday as the company's third quarter numbers beat Wall Street forecasts on the top and bottom lines by a lot and by even more for the closely watched Amazon Web Services, or AWS, division.
	Revenue rose 13% to $180 billion for the September quarter and jumped 20%…	
			
		The Asylum Partner, COO Paul Bales Elected IFTA Chair For 2025-2027 TermÂ
		The Independent Film & Television Alliance said Paul Bales, partner and chief operating officer at The Asylum, will be its chair for the 2025-2027 term with a newly seated board following annual elections.
	Bales, who has served several terms on the IFTA Board since 2015, succeeds outgoing Chair…	
			
		Mike Cavanagh On Comcast’s M&A Options With Warner Bros. Discovery In Play
		Comcast's Co-CEO designate Mike Cavanagh said today that if the company was looking at M&A it would be interested in streaming and studio assets, and that it will have more options along those lines, and post Versant spinoff, than many seem to believe.
	"I think we’ve said repeatedly, and I’ll…	
			
		Comcast Names Steve Croney CEO Of Key Connectivity & Platforms Amid Reset, Dave Watson Segues To Vice Chair
		Comcast its elevating Steve Croney to CEO of its core Connectivity & Platforms division, succeeding Dave Watson, effective January 1. He’ll be responsible for residential and commercial connectivity businesses including broadband, wireless and entertainment distribution platforms. They’ve been…	
			
		Comcast Sees Tough Q3 Comps From Paris Olympics Last Year But Beats Forecasts; Epic Universe Revs Up
		Comcast's quarterly number topped Wall Street forecasts with Epic Universe contributing to 19% revenue growth at Theme Parks, advertising steady thanks to Peacock (and excluding a massive year-earlier bump from the Paris Olympics) and good news on the subscriber front with fewer domestic broadband…	
			
		Meta’s Q3 Pummeled By $16 Billion, One-Time Tax Charge  Â
		Meta saw profits sink for the three months ended in September on a massive and unexpected one-time tax charge of $15.9 billion, despite reporting solid underlying numbers. Shares fell 8% after-market on the earnings hit and higher that anticipated capital expenditures this year. 
	Specifically…	
			
		AOL Acquired By Italian Tech Company Bending Spoons In Latest Move For Historic Brand
		Milan-based technology company Bending Spoons has inked a deal to acquire AOL from Yahoo and private equity parent Apollo, saying it will position the historic web portal and email provider for its next phase of growth.
	The deal is expected to close by year end.
	Financial terms weren't…	
			
		John Malone Stepping Down As Chair Of Liberty Media, Marking End Of An Era
		John Malone, 84, is stepping down as chair of his media, sports and telecom empire after 50 years of dealmaking, marking the end of an era in modern media. He will transition to chairman emeritus as of Jan. 1.
	Vice Chairman Robert R. ("Dob") Bennett will assume the role of Chairman of the…	
			
		
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